Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 21: The management of Mangaluru One School, Thokkottu, which had allegedly tried to defend a rapist and leveled false allegations against a three-and-half-year-old nursery student, who had been sexually abused in the school van, has now reportedly revealed the identity of the child victim. The mother of the victim gave on Wednesday gave a complaint to S Murugan, City Police

New Delhi, May 21: India is close to finalizing another mega military project with Israel, which will further bolster the already expansive but secretive defence cooperation under way between the two countries since the 1999 Kargil conflict. Defence ministry sources on Wednesday said the contract negotiation committee had now virtually sealed the joint development of a medium-range surface-to-air

Bengaluru, May 21: The CBI, which is investigating the unnatural death of IAS officer D K?Ravi, has found that R&H Properties, a real estate company with which he had links, had attempted to acquire 50 acres of land belonging to SC/ST community in Chikkaballapur bordering Bengaluru. The CBI has also found that unlike the claims by BJP and JD(S) leaders D K Ravi committed suicide by hanging himself

Mangaluru, May 20: Officials of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday seized foreign currency — 6,600 British Pounds — equivalent to Rs 6,49,400 from two passengers. They are Muhammed Salih Yarool, 36, and Muhammed Ashraf Abdulla, 35, both hailing from Pallikere in Kasargod district. They were nabbed at the time of their departure from the Airport by Air India Express flight

Bengaluru, May 20: Investigation into the death of an IAS officer here, which had stirred a huge controversy over circumstances surrounding it, was still underway and no conclusion had yet been drawn on it, the CBI said today. It said "all aspects/hypotheses" relating to the unnatural death of D K Ravi, found hanging at his house here on March 16, were being inquired into. The clarification by the

Tirunelveli, May 20: A gag reel showing senior BJP leader and self-styled nationalist Subramanian Swamy almost getting married for the second time is doing the rounds on social media platforms of late. As per media reports, the BJP leader was invited to bless the bride and groom at a wedding held in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. During the wedding ceremony, he was asked to hand over the nuptial chain

Mangaluru, May 20: In connection with the sexual abuse of a nursery student in Mangalore One School in Thokkottu, United Muslim Organisation, Dakshina Kannada has alleged that the management of Mangalore One School had unofficially circulated copies of the initial wound certificate of the child along with a misleading and offensive letter among the parents of other children studying in the school

Kasaragod, May 20: A group of mechanical engineering students of Sadguru Swami Nithyananda Engineering College here has developed a scooter that can run on petrol and electricity. The ‘hybrid’ scooter was designed by K.R. Sagar, Rahul Mohan, K. Mithun, Sajith Sukumaran, Yadhu Krishnan after working for 14 months. The scooter consists of both petrol and electric engines. Initially, the vehicle will

Mangaluru, May 20: Dr Shivarama Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama will host a one-day fruits extravaganza ‘Pilikula Vasanthotsava’ at the Biological Park at Moodushedde on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that the Vasanthotsava would include the exhibition and sale of local varieties of fruits and

Lucknow, May 20: Maggi noodles may soon be banned in Uttar Pradesh as high levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead were found in Maggi samples. The samples which were tested in a Kolkata lab with further tests also being ordered. Assistant Commissioner of Food Safety in Uttar Pradesh said that the samples were tested in a Kolkata lab and showed added MSG and lead reported a TV channel